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Soaring Over Eagles Don’s response
By Chad Clark I really like the strange tension between the
sculpture-topped column and the distant
Canon 6D; Canon 70-200mm; f/2.8 IS II lens; f/8.0 1/250s
balloon. The angle of the bird's 'sightline' is
My second shot of the Eagle monument in Russell Canberra, this one from just perfect. It looks as though it's on the point
the Mount Pleasant lookout. I went there hoping to see the hot air balloons of launching toward the balloon. The aerial
and was lucky that the fog had not covered the Eagle monument – it was perspective gives a slightly weightless feel to
there for the minute that the balloon went up before going back down again. image and that, combined with the clouds,
To add to the minimalism and simplicity of the scene, I was able to frame reminds me of being at sea.
the shot so that the buildings nearby were not included.
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